PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER FROM US REPUBLICAN PARTY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

ArmInfo
2008-10-17 10:50:00

ArmInfo. A Republican John McCain has become the first presidential
contender of the USA over the last 20 years who publicly speaks
against recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the Article "The Armenian
Problem of John McCain", published in ‘The Atlantic Monthly’, says.

According to the publication, J. McCain has repeatedly spoken against
adoption of the Resolution on the ‘Armenian Genocide’. ‘The fact that
John McCain sticks to the position of the Cold War times, according
to which Turkey is an invaluable ally of the USA which we have no
right to offend’ is very dangerous, Chairman of the organization
‘Armenians for Obama’ Aren Ibranosyan said. Some representatives of
the USA Armenian community, being members of the Republican party,
think that a presidential contender from democrats Barack Obama, who
promised to recognize the Armenian Genocide in case he is elected,
will breach is promise like George Bush did. However, Obama’s
supporters claim of his sincerity and mark how attentively Barack
Obama treats the problems of the Armenian community of the USA. The
organization ‘Armenians for Obama’ intends to carry out a work with
the USA Armenian Diaspora, familiarize the Armenian voters of the
USA with the differences of the positions of J. McCain and B. Obama.